Thursday, November 10

Technical Session 1: Catalytic/Synthetic Chemistry & Engineering

8:00:00 AM Catalysis of the Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction by Hydrogen and Halogen Bonds Vincent de Paul Nzuwah-Nziko

8:15:00 AM New Perspectives in Iridium-Catalyzed C-H Borylation Alex Kosanovich

8:30:00 AM The Redox Auxiliary Promoted [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement of 3-amino-1,5-Hexadienes Chinenyeze Nwankwoal

8:45:00 AM A Novel Method for Synthesis of OMC and M-OMC for PEM Fuel Cell Pt-electrocatalyst Dereje Worku

9:00:00 AM Discovery of Novel Cationic-Cobalt(I) catalyst for hydrofunctionalization. Stanley Jing

9:15:00 AM Adsorption and Catalytic Decomposition of Dimethyl Methylphosphonate on Metal Oxide Surfaces Kim Huynh

9:30:00 AM Effect of Early Transition-Metal Carbides as a Support for Low Loading Noble Metals in Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells Olabode Ajenifujah

9:45:00 AM Brønsted Acid Catalyzed SN1-Type Reaction via Unsymmetrical 2-Azaallyl Cation Mirza Ardellan Saputra Technical Session 2: Analytical: Chemical Characterization

8:00:00 AM Environmental Forensics: Molecular Insight into Chemical Degradation of Carbon Compounds in Aquatic Systems Amy McKenna

8:15:00 AM Multiplexed and Direct Analysis of Malaria Biomarkers by a 3D Microfluidic Paper-based Device Sierra Jackson

8:30:00 AM Total Glycosphingolipid Analysis Using UPLC-MS/MS: Comparison of Different Column Chemistries Rodell Barrientos

8:45:00 AM Microaspiration CE-ESI-MS for In situ Tracking of Metabolism in Single Embryonic Cells of the Xenopus (Frog) Embryo Rosemary Onjiko

9:00:00 AM Charge Storage Mechanisms of High Surface Area Carbides and Nitrides for Supercapacitors Abdoulaye Djire

9:15:00 AM Deducing The Physisorb, Electron And Proton Transfer Processes On Sial Catalytic Surfaces From Epr/Endor Measurements Using The Antioxidant Carotenoid Sefadzi Jay-Agbozo

9:30:00 AM Active-State CB1 Receptor Model Used as a Synthetic Cannabinoid Probe Maria Muhammad

9:45:00 AM Algal Crop Protection Utilizing Integrated Pest Management through Early Detection via Mass Spectrometry and Identification of Pathogens and Predators using qPCR/HRMA Robert Pomeroy Technical Session 3: Polymers and Nanoscience

8:00:00 AM ORMOCHALCs: Organically Modified Chalcogenide High-Refractive Index Polymers Darryl Boyd

8:15:00 AM Site Selective Nucleation and Growth of Gold Nanoparticles on the Pore Structures of a Virus Candace Benjamin

8:30:00 AM Improving Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) Thermal and Mechanical Properties Using Lignin Coated Cellulose Nano Crystals (L-CNCs) William Simmons

8:45:00 AM Synthesis and Characterization of Emissive Eumelanin-Inspired Poly(arylenevinylene) Block Copolymers RaiAnna Arscott Hopson

9:00:00 AM The effects of side chain engineering on optoelectronic properties of electrochromic conjugated polymers Melony Ochieng

9:15:00 AM Solid-State Garnet Polymer Composite Electrolyte for Flexible Batteries Marcus Carter

9:30:00 AM Quantifying Polycation-Membrane Interactions from Experiment and Theory Alicia McGeachy

9:45:00 AM Plasma Effect on Polymer Surfaces Kenia Colin Technical Session 4: Biochemistry & Chemical Biology

8:00:00 AM Mechanisms of Packaging of Bunyaviridae Viral Genomes by N Protein Shanai Brown

8:15:00 AM A Unified Mechanism for the Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleobases from HCN Sofia Walton

8:30:00 AM Cationic Polypeptoids: Potential as Vehicles for Nonviral Gene Delivery Jessica Simpson

8:45:00 AM Mixed-valency Diiron Center in HD-GYP Phosphodiesterase Required for Cyclic-di-GMP Hydrolysis Elizabeth Ndontsa

9:00:00 AM Insight on Thiopurines and their antimetastatic effects via Rac1 inactivation Hope Gloria Umutesi

9:15:00 AM Chemically Amending Protein Alkene/Alkyne Functionalities for Catalyst-Free Click Reaction Keturah Odoi

9:30:00 AM Harm-reduction tobacco products inhibit osteogenesis by altering kinase signaling response to oxidative stress Lauren Walker

9:45:00 AM Chemical modulation of cystathionine gamma lyase/hydrogen sulphide system in mammalian cells Fidelis Ndombera Technical Session 5: Analytical: Spectroscopy Characterization

10:15:00 AM Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Evaluation of Medicines Containing Diphenhydramine Latevi Lawson

10:30:00 AM Characterization of Antioxidants in Coffee as Influenced by brewing Techniques Arnold Jele

10:45:00 AM An automated droplet-based µChopper resolves small fluorescence differences and enables measurement of single-cell fatty acid uptake Jean Negou

11:00:00 AM Lassification Of Bacteria By Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy And Principal Component Analysis Stacy Jones

11:15:00 AM Nonlinear Multi-Photon Laser Wave-Mixing Spectroscopy for Sensitive Detection of Environmental and Biomedical Applications Jean Sebastien Pradel

11:30:00 AM Investigation of PAH Photochemistry in Octanol using Reaction Progress Monitoring Sharon L Neal

11:45:00 AM Food Purity Analysis of Adulterated Natural Oil (neem and flaxseed oil) Compositions by FTIR Spectroscopy and Partial Least-Squares Regression Brianda Elzey Technical Session 6: Engineering - Process and Chemical

10:15:00 AM Study Of Glycerol For Use As Renewable Biomass Fuel In Iron-Ion/Glycerol Redox Flow Battery James Akrasi

10:30:00 AM Anion effects on the Structure and Ion Transport Properties of Surface-Tethered Poly(Ionic Liquids) Ian Njoroge

10:45:00 AM Applications of Shear Thickening Fluids(STF) for Transtibial Prostheses Jehnae Linkins

11:00:00 AM Influence of Zeolite 4A/SiO2 on the Transport Behavior of O2, N2, CO2 and CH4 through Polydimethylsiloxane Nanocomposite Membrane Emmanuel Ogbole

11:15:00 AM Pseudocapacitance for Early Transition Metal Nitrides in Protic Ionic Liquid Electrolytes Jean Yves Ishimwe

11:30:00 AM Miniature device for molar mass analysis by combination of SAW and capacitance sensor Thisara Walpita

11:45:00 AM Pay attention to mixing for successful process research, development and scale-up Victor Atiemo-Obeng Technical Session 7: Computational Chemistry 1

10:15:00 AM Paraphenylene Based Ruthenium (II) Polypyridyl Polymers: Computational and Processing Studies Jamel White

10:30:00 AM Proton-coupled Electron Transfer in [C5H5N·(H2O)n = 3,4]¯ Kaye Archer

10:45:00 AM Nature of π-Stacking Interactions of Aromatic Nitro Compound Derivatives on Boron Nitride Nanosheets Christopher Copeland

11:00:00 AM Chlorophenols Sorption On Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Dft Modeling And Structure-Property Relationship Analysis Marquita Watkins Technical Session 8: Organic Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization

1:45:00 PM Toward the Total Synthesis of Amphidinolide C Daniel Akwaboah

2:00:00 PM Diazo-Heteroatom Insertion/Conia-Ene Cascade: The Synthetic Blueprint to Building Spirocores Arianne Hunter

2:15:00 PM Synthesis and characterization of the gelation properties of a Series of peracetylated disaccharide triazoles Ifeanyi Okafor

2:30:00 PM A Modular Approach Toward Chondroitin Sulfate Oligosaccharides Josette Wilkes

2:45:00 PM Synthesis of A3B-type Phthalocyanine Analogues and Their Biological Evaluation. Elizabeth Okoth

3:00:00 PM Synthesis of disaccharides via acid-catalyzed activation of a 4-aryl-3-butenylthioglycoside glycosyl donor Kristina Deveaux

3:15:00 PM Brǿnsted Acid-Catalyzed Disaccharide Formation Using Thioglycosides Rashanique Quarels Technical Session 9: Nanoscience

1:45:00 PM Measuring ultrafast dynamics of single ZnO nanostructures by Ultraviolet femtosecond Kerr-gated wide-field fluorescence microscopy Jolie Blake

2:00:00 PM Organometallic Halide Perovskites in Photovoltaic Devices: Perspectives and Prospects Trishelle Copeland-Johnson

2:15:00 PM Deposition of porphyrins within alkanethiol nanostructures prepared with particle lithography Ashley Taylor

2:30:00 PM Capturing fast processes in live cells with 3D Multi-resolution microscopy Kevin Welsher

2:45:00 PM ALD-Functionalized Plasmonic Nantennas: Toward Single-Molecule Investigations of Photocatalysis Stephanie Jean

3:00:00 PM Electrospun Tri-layer Nanofiber Composite Membranes for H2/Air Fuel Cells Devon Powers

3:15:00 PM Selective detection of protein homologues by outer membrane protein G nanopore Bib Yang Technical Session 10: Chemistry: Analytical Characterization

1:45:00 PM Ratiometric Fluorescence Detection of Hydroxyl Radicals Using Binary Cyanine-Based NanoGUMBOS Mingyan Cong

2:00:00 PM Controlling Chemical Vapor Transport Synthesis Of Bismuth Telluride Nanosheets On Mica Substrates Quentarius Moore

2:15:00 PM In vitro manipulation of stimuli-responsive liposomal contents release potentially activated by overexpressed hNQO1 in cancer cells Huy Nguyen

2:30:00 PM Combining Gas Chromatography, Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry and Principal Component Analysis to Facilitate Complete Detection and Identification of Fire Accelerants A BakarrKanu

2:45:00 PM Investigation of materials Through Scanning Probe Microscopy Marisa Richardson

3:00:00 PM Preparation of Highly Fluorescent Environmentally Persistent Free Radical Surrogates: Surface Modification of Silica-coated Upconversion Nanoparticles with Nickel Oxide Ansonia Badgett

3:15:00 PM Nanoscale Patterning of Proteins: Toward Biosensor Development Zachary Highland

3:30:00 PM Cyclopropanes and Cyclobutanes as Precursors for Chemical Diversity Raynold Shenje

3:45:00 PM Organic Synthesis of Fluorescent Cyanine Dyes and their Precursors Jahnn Drigo

4:00:00 PM Tetrahedral Intermediate for a nonlinear optical chromophore of tetracyanoquinodimethane Nneamaka Ndukwe

4:15:00 PM Post-Synthetic Modification of Drug Candidates via C-H Functionalization Stacy Fosu 4:30:00 PM Microwave Synthesis and Analysis of Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes Tijesunimi Odebode

4:45:00 PM The Synthesis of Azepino[1,2-a]indole and Cyclohepta[b]indole Frameworks via Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Formal [5+2] Cycloaddition Maria Martin Technical Session 12: Bio-inspired Materials, Polymers and Nanoscience

3:45:00 PM Mechanochemical Remodeling: From New Reactions to Adaptive Materials Stephen Craig

4:00:00 PM Endothelial Glycocalyx and Cancer Metastasis: The effect of Glycosaminoglycans on 4T1 Breast Cancer Cell Attachment to the Endothelium Solomon Mensah

4:15:00 PM Elucidating Bacterial Interactions in the Vaginal Microbiome Using Microfluidic Droplet Technology Corinen Jackman

4:30:00 PM Synthesis of Biodegradable Polycarbonate Nanostructures with Selective Lysis against Gram Positive Bacteria Alekhya Nimmagadda

4:45:00 PM Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Liver Cancer Cells Using Plasmon Coupled DNA-Mediated Gold Nanoprism Assembly Jasmine Burrell

5:00:00 PM Cellular Sorting and Concentration in a Direct-Current Insulator-Based Dielectrophoretic Microchannel Ezekiel Adekanmbi

5:15:00 PM Design and Fabrication of Polymeric Tissue Scaffolds by 3-D Printing Myischionna Hunter Technical Session 13: Analytical II: Chemical Separations and Characterization

3:45:00 PM Electrochemically Modulated Extraction of Neodymium Shannon Anderson

4:00:00 PM Lectin affinity chromatography and Immunextraction as a tool to study the effect of glycosylation on drug binding property of Alpha1- acid Glycoprotein Kenan Dzide

4:15:00 PM Optimizing High Throughput Sieving Electrophoresis of Proteins Using Silica Colloidal Crystals Tamika Ragland

4:30:00 PM Capillary Electrophoretic Enzyme Assay of Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase Thu Nguyen

4:45:00 PM Gradient Enhanced Fluidity Liquid Chromatography of Oligosaccharides and Simple Sugars Raffeal Bennett

5:00:00 PM Improved Protein Separations Using Cationic Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis with Ionic Liquid Surfactants Punprabhashi Vidanapathirana

5:15:00 PM Alterations in metabolism pathways of late-stage Alzheimer’s disease mice using the quantitative proteomics technique cPILOT Christina King Friday, November 11

Professional Technical Session 1: University Scientists and Their Advancements in Research and Development

9:00:00 AM Development of a Practical Hydroamination Transform for use in Complex Synthesis Martin Tabor

9:15:00 AM Stimuli-responsive materials: from photoinduced charge carriers in metallopolymers to temperature sensitive drug delivery depots Darlene Taylor

9:30:00 AM Organic Dye Based Turn-On Sensors for Metal Ions and Nerve Gas Mimics in Organic Media Fasil Abebe

9:45:00 AM Microwave Induced Thermal Gradients in Multiphase Systems Alvin Kenned

10:00:00 AM Light Activation of a Ruthenium(II) Caged Antimicrobial Robert Garner

10:15:00 AM Dual-Marker Isolation and Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Circulating Tumor Cells via EpCAM- and CD44- based Immunomagnetism Rhonda Jack

10:30:00 AM Spectroscopic Investigation of Metal Ion Interactions with Cellulose Nanofibrils Todd Coolbaugh

10:45:00 AM Designing Superhalogens: Insights and Predictions from Electron Propagator Theory Vince Ortiz

11:00:00 AM Photochemical activation of metastable H2 in the universe William ackson Professional Technical Session 2: Recent Advancements in Government Research

9:00:00 AM High-Temperature, High-pressure Viscosity Reference Fluid Search: Status Isaac Gamwo

9:15:00 AM Synthesis of nanoinks using novel precursors for advanced Direct Write applications LaRico Treadwell

9:30:00 AM Flux Syntheses and Structural Characteriation of Cu(I)-M(V) Oxide Semiconductors Nacole King

9:45:00 AM Extracting Rare Earth Elements from Coal Ash by Reactive Grinding Murphy Keller

Award Session: Henry McBay Outstanding Educator Award Session - STEM Education

9:30:00 AM STEAM Education as Activism - Social Implications of Black Productivity in Agriculture, Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Related Disciplines Ashley Oyirifi

9:45:00 AM How Do Student's Experience aPproject-Based Lab? Nikita Burrows

10:00:00 AM Training Effective Communication to Prepare Future STEM Leaders in Chemistry Danielle Watt

10:15:00 AM Gateway science pathways for STEM majors at Duke University Canelas Canelas

10:30:00 AM African American Female Engineering Students Persistence in Stereotype Threatening Environments: A Critical Race Perspective Stacie Gregory

10:45:00 AM Diversity in a Summer International REU Program: Issues and Strategies Terence Nile 11:00:00 AM Overcoming Resistance: Integrating Guided Inquiry Methods into the Traditional Lab Construct at Three Greatly Differing Laboratory Environments ColleenTaylor

11:15:00 AM Successful Interventions for STEM Scholars Aliecia McClain

11:30:00 AM Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) - The fundamentals Tricia Shepherd

11:45:00 AM Formation of a NOBCChE and ACS Chapter Josley Pierre-Louis Technical Session 21: Computational Chemistry 2

8:00:00 AM Composite Electron Propagator Methods: Application to C60, Benzo[a]pyrene and Mg- octaethylporphyrin Manuel Diaz-Tinoco

8:15:00 AM Designing Superhalogens: Insights and Predictions from Electron Propagator Theory Vincent Ortiz

8:30:00 AM Reorganization Energies, Ionization Potentials, and Electron Affinities of 4-([2,2'‐bithiophene]‐5‐yl) pyridine and 4‐[5‐(furan‐2‐yl)thiophen‐2‐yl] pyridine Alva Dillon

8:45:00 AM Using the iTTM model with Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Analyze Alkali- Metal-Water Clusters: Structures, Interactions and Vibrational Frequencies Achombom (Jude) Tunyi Technical Session 14: Biochemistry

9:00:00 AM PH-Dependence Of Kinetic Parameters Of E109Q And H40A Mutants Of F420-Dependent Glucose-6- Phosphate Dehydrogenase From Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Mercy Oyugi

9:15:00 AM Bioethanol production by fermentation of ionic liquidbhydrolyzed lignocellulosic biomass using genetically engineered Zymomonas mobilis Mercy Ampaw-Asiedu

9:30:00 AM Towards Rapid Inhibitor Screening And Mechanistic Evaluation Of TB Sikimate Kinase: Targeted Intrinsic Protein Fluorescence Rene Fuanta

9:45:00 AM Mechanism of Multidrug Resistant Efflux Pumps Abigail T. Ntreh

10:00:00 AM Analysis of the Binding Affinity, Thermodynamic Properties and Determinations of Propanil and Bromoxynil Herbicide Concentrations in Human Serum Albumin Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy Eric Appah

10:15:00 AM Homogeneous Thermofluorimetric Assays for Measuring Both Second Messenger Signaling and Hormone Secretion Juan Hu

10:30:00 AM Development of DC-SIGN Probes for Identification of Gut Microbial Species Chariesse Ellis

10:45:00 AM Structrual Characterization of Bat Coronavirus HKU9 non structural protein 3 - M domain Pamlea Brady

11:00:00 AM Blood Coagulant Factor Xiii Cross-Links Reactive Glutamines In Disordered Regions Of Fibrinogen Αc Kelly Njine Mouapi

11:15:00 AM Optimizing the Protein Yield of TsrM, a Class B Radical SAM Methylase Brianne Jones Technical Session 15: Environmental Science & Engineering 9:00:00 AM The Development Of Calixarene Complex For The Adsorption Of Multi-Heavy Metal Cations Kai Guo

9:15 AM Uranyl Sensing Using 2-Quinoxalinol Salen Ligands Maya West

9:30:00 AM Application of Environmental Pill for Remediating Surface Water Niya King

9:45:00 AM Crop Protection Utilizing Integrated Pest Management through Early Detection and Identification of Pathogens and Predators Alexia Moore

10:00:00 AM Utilizing SO2/CO and SO2/CO2 Mixing Ratios to Determine the Effective Oxidative Strength of the Wintertime Atmosphere on SO2 Jaime Gree

10:15:00 AM Carbon Capture with Polyethylenimine (PEI) Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes Melisa Stewart

10:30:00 AM Isolation And Identification Of The Phytochemicals From The Leaf Etract Of Tabernaemontana Longipes Simira Carothers

10:45:00 AM Fabrication of Ultra-Filtration Membrane to Mitigate Organic Fouling During Water Treatment. Efosa Igbinigun

11:00:00 AM Hydraulic fracturing fluid and pyrite surface reactions of selected biocides: dazomet and DBNPA Nizette Consolazio

11:15:00 AM Quest for the Greener Boom: Accessing Explosive High-Nitrogen Cocrystals Rosalyn Kent

11:45:00 AM The Effect Of Different Extraction Techniques And Solvent System On The Antioxidant Activity Of Pyrus Pyrifolia Fruit Peel Extracts Priyesh Dwivedi Technical Session 16: Bio-inspired II - Materials, Polymers and Nanoscience

1:30:00 PM Chemical Modification of Functionalized Polyhydroxyalkanoates via “Click” Chemistry: A Proof of Concept Samuel Nkrumah-Agyeefi

1:45:00 PM Diversifying the Chitin Economy: Different Sources of Biomass for Chitin Extraction and Biomaterial Formation Ezinne Achinivu

2:00:00 PM Electroactive Polymeric Nanofibers as Active Component in Biosensors Genefine Sapateh

2:15:00 PM Effects of Metal Ions on the Antimicrobial Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Chartanay Bonner

2:30:00 PM Comprehensive mutagenesis on yeast cytosine deaminase to increase its sensitivity for 5- fluorocytosine for suicide-gene therapy Tiana Warren

2:45:00 PM Artificial Photosynthesis: Modulation of Photo-induced Events in Palladium Porphyrin-Fullerene Donor-Acceptor Systems Christopher Otara bondi

3:00:00 PM Exploring Advanced Amphiphilic Arylazopyrazole Molecular Photo-switches for Fabrication into Micellar Hydrophobic Drug Carriers with an Advantageous Photo-Triggered Delivery Stefan Cooper

3:15:00 PM Experimental Studies of Jamming in Colloidal Systems using Confocal Microscopy Eru Kyeyune-Nyombi Technical Session 17: Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

1:30:00 PM Analysis of DNA damage induced by mono-functional quinone methide intermediates Blessing Deeyaa

1:45:00 PM Pharmacological investigations of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers reveal effective physiological concentrations in the eye after administration via drinking water Ralph Hazlewood

2:00:00 PM Structural and Biochemical Analysis of Bat-CoV HKU9 C Nonstructural Protein 3 Domain Robert Hammond

2:15:00 PM The Ferrous Iron (Fe2+) Effect on Prebiotic Phosphorylation of Nucleosides Mischael Daniel

2:30:00 PM The Intersection between Mentoring, Microbiome, and Mannose Binding C-Type Lectins Charnell Long

2:45:00 PM Nitrosylation Reactions of the [4Fe-4S] Cluster Regulatory Proteins WhiD and NsrR Probed with Nuclear Resonant Vibrational Spectroscopy, Mössbauer Spectroscopy, and Density Function Theory Calculation. Pauline Serrano

3:00:00 PM Molecular design and biological evaluation of disulfide-masked prochelation strategies targeting iron in malignant cells Eman Aka

3:15:00 PM Biochemical Studies of a Capsule Producing Glycosyltransferase from Neisseria meningitidis Pumtiwitt McCarthy

3:30:00 PM Selective molecular recognition using acyclic cucurbiturils Sandra Zebaze Ndendjio

3:45:00 PM Harnessing Cyclic AMP Signaling for Bone Regenerative Engineering Guleid Awale Technical Session 18 Inorganic Material and Synthesis (InOrgMatSyn)

1:30:00 PM Gold Nanoparticle-Based Dynamic Light Scattering Assay for Selective and Sensitive Detection of Cadmium Janine Wiley

1:45:00 PM Small gold nanoparticles interfaced to electrodes through molecular linkers: A platform to enhance electron transfer and increase electrochemically active surface area Jaclyn Kellon

2:00:00 PM Investigating the use of some Pt-group inorganic compounds for biological applications Regina Akhimie

2:15:00 PM Visual Detection of Degraded Glutathione Peptides via the Prevention of Gold Nanoparticle Dipole- Dipole Interactions Monique Farrell

2:30:00 PM Alkali-Metal Capped Cerium(IV)-Imido Complexes Lukman Solola

2:45:00 PM Syntheses And Binding Studies Of Novel Trisamine-Based Thiosemicarbazide Receptors For Anions Corey Johnson

3:00:00 PM Cage Opening Of The Carborane Ligand, Closo-O-(1-SCH3)C2B10H11 By Triosmium Carbonyl Cluster Complexes Joseph Kiprotich

3:15:00 PM Synthetic and Structural Comparisons Between Group 14 Dithiolato Metalylenes and First Row Transition Metal Dithiolato Complexes Jade Pratt Technical Session 19: Functional Materials, Electrochemistry, Nanoscience (FMEN)

1:30:00 PM High Capacity, Long Cycling Lithium Iron Phosphate (Lifepo4) Electrode Fabrication For Lithium Ion Battery. Venroy Watson

1:45:00 PM Keratin Films as a Substrate for Hair Dye Studies Tova Williams

2:00:00 PM Investigation of Rheological and Cure Kinetics Graphite/Graphene dispersed in Phenylethynyl Terminated Imide Resins. Lionel Cross

2:15:00 PM Inhibiting Interfacial Recombination Events in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells using Self-Assembled Bilayers Omotola Ogunsolu

2:30:00 PM Enhancing Solution Processed Solar Cell Photocurrents via Plasmonic Nanoparticles Ebuka Arinze Technical Session 20: Medicinal Chemistry,Pharmacology,Pharmaceutical chemistry. (MCPPC)

1:30:00 PM Design and Synthesis of Potential CXCR4 Modulators Theresa Gaines

1:45:00 PM Discovery And Characterization Of Aryl Isonitriles As A New Class Of Compounds Versus Methicillin- And Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Kwaku Kyei-Baffour

2:00:00 PM Investigation of Clickable Peptidic-BODIPY Conjugates Tyrslai Williams

2:15:00 PM Synthesis Of Indole-Based Allosteric Hiv-1 Integrase Inhibitors Janet Antwi

2:30:00 PM Late-stage C-H Functionalization of Phyllanthusmin Natural Products Chido Hambira

2:45:00 PM NanoGUMBOS: Tunable Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications Isiah Warner